Major General Amos Hall continued: "From the talents and experience of Col. Harris the major general has the strongest confidence that the important post to the command of which he is assigned will be well secured and that the regulation and discipline of the troops will be such as to reflect on the officers and soldiers."
A camp was established that could hold 1,500 to 2,000 men, but the most ever mentioned in Army records as being there were from 500-600. Besides barracks, they had arms storage, an ammunition storage building and a hospital.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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